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Morgan Martin has a vigorous trial practice focusing on criminal defense and personal
injury in state and federal court. He served previously as deputy solicitor for the 15th Judicial
Circuit. He served in the South Carolina Legislature and as chairman of the South Carolina
Department of Transportation. He is a member of The National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers and was named on the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. Martin
has achieved Martindale-Hubbell’s highest AV rating, considering him preeminent in his
field. He has participated in civil trials and settlements that resulted in multimillion-dollar
awards and has tried more than 50 murder cases, most recently winning an acquittal in
a complex homicide by child abuse case (2009), a verdict of not guilty in a case that the
client confessed to the crime (2014), and the dismissal of a murder indictment under South
Carolina’s Stand Your Ground law (2015).